David Steinberg
Known for: Directing
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Steinberg (born August 9, 1942) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, director, and author. At the height of his popularity, during the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was one of the best-known stand-up comics in the United States. He appeared on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show more than 130 times (second only to Bob Hope in number of appearances) and served as guest host 12 times, the youngest person ever to guest-host. Steinberg directed several films and episodes of many of the most successful television situation comedies of the last twenty years, including Seinfeld, Friends, Mad About You, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and more than 35 episodes of Designing Women. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Steinberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest Host
1962
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Guest Host
1961
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
Mad About You
Director
1992
Series
Mad About You
Bad Eulogizer
1992
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Self - Special Guest
2012
Series
The Odd Couple
David Steinberg
1970
Series
Dinah!
Self
1974
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
Series
Fridays
Self - Guest Host
1980
Series
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
1970
Series
Inside Comedy
Self - Host
2012
Series
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
1969
Series
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
Series
The David Susskind Show
Self
1959
Film
The Aristocrats
Self
2005
Film
The Wrong Guy
Outpatient
1997
Film
Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story
Self
2013
The David Steinberg Show
1972
Film
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Self
2018
Big Sound
2000
Film
The Last Laugh
Self
2016
Series
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg
Self - Host
2005
Film
The End
Marty Lieberman
1978
Series
The Music Scene
1969
Film
Being Canadian
Self
2015
Film
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Self
2013
Film
Something Short of Paradise
Harris Sloane
1979
Film
From Darkness to Light
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
The One, the Only... Groucho
Narrator
1991
Film
The Lost Man
Photographer
1969
Film
Nothing Personal
Talk Show Host
1980
Film
Showbiz Goes to War
Self - Host
1982
Film
When Jews Were Funny
2013
Film
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Self / Host & Narrator (voice)
1982
Film
The Tommy Chong Roast
1986
Film
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Self
2002
Film
Fearless Frank
The Rat
1969
Film
A Night Train to Terror
Paul
1973
Film
The Return of the Smothers Brothers
Self
Film
Dad's A Dog
Charles Dryden
1990
Energy Crisis
Self - Comedian
1974
Information Processing
Self - Host
On Location: David Steinberg
Self
1976
Film
The 2nd Annual HBO Young Comedians Show
Self - Host
1977
Film
David Steinberg in Concert With John Candy
Self
1984
Film
The Jews of Winnipeg
Himself
1973